Eliot Engel

Eliot Engel (18 February 1947-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-NY 19) from 3 January 1989 to 3 January 1993 (succeeding Mario Biaggi and preceding Hamilton Fish IV), from NY 17 from 3 January 1993 to 3 January 2013 (succeeding Jerrold Nadler and preceding Nita Lowey), and from NY 16 from 3 January 2013 (succeeding Biaggi).

Biography
Eliot Engel was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York in 1947, and he began his political career in local Democratic Party clubs while working as a teacher and a guidance counselor. He served in the State Assembly from 1977 to 1988, when he was elected to the US House of Representatives. He was a member of the centrist New Democrats.